Verse 5
Jeremiah 29:5
Young's Literal Translation
5
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּנ֥וּ בָתִּ֖ים וְ/שֵׁ֑בוּ וְ/נִטְע֣וּ גַנּ֔וֹת וְ/אִכְל֖וּ אֶת פִּרְיָֽ/ן
English Translation
Build houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
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Chapter 29 Context
1
And these [are] words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the remnant o...
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After the going forth of Jeconiah the king, and the mistress, and the officers, heads of Judah and J...
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By the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkijah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sen...
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'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, to all the removal that I removed from Jerusale...
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5
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
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Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give t...
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7
And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its...
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8
'For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, Let not your prophets who [are] in your mid...
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9
For with falsehood they are prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, an affirmation of J...
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10
'For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon -- seventy years -- I inspect you, and have...
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11
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts...
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12
'And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
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13
And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
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And I have been found of you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back [to] your captivit...
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15
'Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,
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16
Surely thus said Jehovah concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning a...
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17
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, a...
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18
And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for...
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19
Because that they have not hearkened unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I sent unto...
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20
'And ye, hear ye a word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babyl...
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21
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah, and concerning Z...
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22
And taken from them hath been a reviling by all the removed of Judah that [are] in Babylon, saying,...
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23
Because that they have done folly in Israel, and commit adultery with the wives of their neighbours,...
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24
'And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,
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25
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, saying, Because that thou hast sent in thy name...
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Jehovah hath made thee priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the hous...
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And now, why hast thou not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to y...
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Because that he hath sent unto us to Babylon, saying, It [is] long, build ye houses, and abide; and...
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29
And Zephaniah the priest readeth this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
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30
And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,
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'Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because th...
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Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he...
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